GRE Word List
AMALGAM
a mixture of different elements
The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |
| rotunda | a round building |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |